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Friday, February 15, 2013

An External Battery As Big As The Phone

I have loved my Nexus 4, but my number one gripe has been the battery. The battery life is almost cosmetic. I am a power user. When I am out and about I am fiddling with my phone. It is my mobile office. I am deep into Ingress. And so I went ahead and plunked 40 bucks into getting me some extra juice. The thing is going to be bigger and heavier than my phone. I guess now on it will be like carrying two phones with me. But would bring a lot of peace of mind. And as for Ingress, see you at Level 8, because that is where I am headed. Now I also have enough juice to make the most of Social Media Week next week.

I just bought: AnkerÃ‚Â® Astro3E 10000mAh Dual 5V 3A USB Output External Battery Pack Charger for Smart... via @amazon amazon.com/dp/B009USAJCC/…
— Paramendra Bhagat (@paramendra) February 16, 2013

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Friday, February 08, 2013

So Glad To Be Podcasting

The logo used by Apple to represent Podcasting (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

If this can be called podcasting.

It started with this post at TechCrunch: Google Integrates Third-Party Web Apps More Deeply Into Google Drive.

I was reading it on my phone this morning, and I got excited. I fired up my laptop, and went to Google Drive and quickly integrated a whole bunch of apps. I created a floor plan using FloorPlanner. And I was feeling good about being able to edit video in Google Drive. Then I happened upon audio.

On second try I was able to use an app that feels like podcasting. I record my talk on the phone, save it over to Google Drive, from there I edited it with TwistedWave, the app on Google Drive, which then allowed me to share it to SoundCloud, which allowed me to embed it to my blog, this blog.

For the longest time video has felt easier than audio. I guess the music industry casts a jaundiced look upon the landscape. And so app developers stay away in fear. But I have just wanted to be able to record and share my own voice with the ease I can share words I type.

Hint: this should be a simple feature in Blogger's mobile app.

And so, welcome to this podcast, if it can be called that: Social Media Week Is Upon Us.